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[NSW/VIC/QLD/WA] Free Reusable Plastic Bags (Were $0.15) @ Coles

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[NSW/VIC/QLD/WA] Free Reusable Plastic Bags (Were $0.15) @ Coles
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pennypincher98 on 05/07/2018 - 17:42 coles.com.au (1888 clicks)
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Just went to the self serves at Coles, scanned the bag and saw it come up free

Coles offer -$0.15

Asked the checkout assistance lady and she says take as many as you want while they are free. Saw one bloke who must be an Ozbargainer take 10-15 yet only bought bread and milk :D

Not sure if nationwide - scan the bag and see if it deducts the 15c. Maybe a Coles rep could chime in here?

My 100th post, kind of sad that it had to be this though :P

From Coles website

Until Sunday July 8, if you forget your reusable bags we’ll provide complimentary reusable Coles Better Bags at every Coles and at Coles Online in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia. Excludes Coles Express.

Update: Extended indefinitely. (Thanks crazycs)

Now that this has been extended indefinitely, please try and remember your bags or at least reuse them. Don't just chuck them out, if you have too many you can recycle them at Coles.

Updated Update: Coles to end free plastic bags Aug 29…maybe.

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        • Eeples on 06/07/2018 - 06:22
          +1

          Me too.

          I would wash and reuse my ‘single use’ bags.

      • WatchNerd on 05/07/2018 - 18:40
        • you're
      • Mr Bargain on 06/07/2018 - 21:10
        +2

        Same here.

        I purposely bought a small enough bin so that I could use those grey "single use" bags for bin liner.
        Now I have to spend money to buy plastic bags for my bin.

        • daydream on 07/07/2018 - 00:31
          +1

          I've got several of those bins that were designed so you could fit/reuse the grey supermarket bags specifically.
          Does anyone know what the capacity/size (in litres) of those grey supermarket bags was? I'm wondering what size bags I'll have to buy in future. Would be good if the manufacturers made/sold them direct in bulk as bin liners instead.

        • daydream on 07/07/2018 - 01:37
          +1

          Found an answer. Looks like they were around 13 litres in size.
          https://www.bunnings.com.au/oates-13l-white-check-out-rubbis…

          All the current bin liners are much bigger and thicker. No surprise in the increased amount of plastic (bin liners) going into landfill at our place now.

        • Mr Bargain on 07/07/2018 - 02:23

          @daydream:
          The volume of my bin is 10L. If I buy the bin liner from the manufacturer it would cost me 60 cents each for a pack of 60. I probably should get myself a new 27L bin and then buy this bin liner from Bunnings for 8 cents each.

        • daydream on 15/07/2018 - 20:56
          +1

          We can buy in bulk, direct, cheaper http://www.shcpackaging.com.au/

        • onlinepred on 01/08/2018 - 09:08
          -4

          @daydream: If you care at all, then you would know there are BIODEGRADABLE bag liners.

      • [Deactivated] on 01/08/2018 - 10:33

        You might find grey single use bags being traded on eBay.

    • Munki on 05/07/2018 - 18:06
      +4

      OK captain planet.

    • misterpotatomato on 05/07/2018 - 18:07
      +1

      You know that Coles and Woolies stand to make millions from people buying bags don't you? It's not for the environment broseph.

      • Ordinance on 05/07/2018 - 18:25
        +4

        I hate this fedora-tier argument. Whatever the merits of a bag ban might be for the supermarkets, it's certainly not a conspiracy to cash in on bag sales. The reason why single use bags have been free up to this point is because its a cheap way for supermarkets to encourage consumers to buy more. I imagine charging for bags will ultimately hurt their bottom line as shoppers will feel less inclined to buy more than they strictly need in a given shop.

        • Zotech on 05/07/2018 - 19:44
          +2

          Your kidding right? Not once has the thought of free shopping bags made me buy more than I needed to.

        • kasp on 05/07/2018 - 19:44
          +4

          Sounds like your in the pocket of big plastic.

        • misterpotatomato on 05/07/2018 - 21:31
          +3

          In reality, people will still buy what they need to buy, get to the checkout and just buy however many bags they need. People won't budget for bags any more than people budget for bags at ALDI.

          What the heck is Fedora tier?

        • eatwell365 on 06/07/2018 - 02:36
          +1

          Both statements are not mutual exclusive. Both of you are correct.
          I have already shopped less. Great Savings! Good for me and the nation. AND
          Most of the time if I do go shopping, I pay for 15 cents bags.
          Because I was going to grab one thing or two things only and ended up getting more than two hands full.
          Why can’t supermarkets supply recycled paper bags?

        • daydream on 07/07/2018 - 01:10

          @eatwell365:

          "We looked at using paper bags, but discovered that they have a more significant impact on the environment than both single-use and reusable plastic bags, both during manufacture and at end of life."

          https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/discover/reusable-bags?ic…

        • eatwell365 on 07/07/2018 - 07:19

          @daydream: thanks, but why do we believe. governments ban only single use plastic bags, not paper bags. Giant super markets decide not to supply free bags. only continues to sell plastic bags.

        • my mum on 19/07/2018 - 17:44

          @Zotech:
          "Not once has the thought of free shopping bags made me buy more than I needed to."

          But not having free bags will make me try to minimise my shopping, and many people will also do that.

        • SomeGuyOnOzB on 01/08/2018 - 09:12

          @misterpotatomato:
          Agreed. Fedora tier?????

          I did see someone get to the counter, realize they'd forgotten their bag and decide they would cut back what they were buying.

        • pformag on 01/08/2018 - 10:07

          The save $78 million by not giving away the free bags, and now they make money on each bag they sell.

        • pformag on 01/08/2018 - 10:08

          @daydream: Paper Bags are also 3 times the price.

    • jv on 05/07/2018 - 18:19
      +2

      So just disregard the environmental argument then?

      Are the 15c bags biodegradable ?

      • [Deactivated] on 05/07/2018 - 18:21

        That'll shut them warriors up.

        • jv on 05/07/2018 - 18:24
          +1

          I'm just wondering because I've been throwing the 15c 'free' ones from woollies down the stormwater drain after each use believe I was saving the ennviroment

        • [Deactivated] on 05/07/2018 - 18:31
          +3

          @jv:
          You should be given a gold medal for saving the environment.

        • jv on 05/07/2018 - 18:33
          +2

          @homersimpson:

          You should be given a gold medal for saving the environment.

          I don't see why not… Especially if Trump and Kim Jong-un end up sharing the Nobel peace prize.

        • burningrage on 05/07/2018 - 18:35

          @jv:

          I have been busy neutralizing obviously funny posts. :-)

        • [Deactivated] on 01/08/2018 - 10:36

          @jv:

          Trump has done more to earn one than some former President who received one for doing bugger all.

    • garage sale on 05/07/2018 - 18:23

      I want to see then go after the coffee cups and drunk bottles … see more of those in the water ways and streets than shopping bags,

      they picked an easy target with shopping bags as there is no lobby group for free bags.

      with drink bottles I cant see the drink industry being willing to take a hit on sales of bottled water….

      with coffee cant see cafe and coffee industry willing to take a hit on coffee sales if cups aren't free and people drink less take away coffees….15c for cup and 15c for lid.

      • Sweetnsour on 05/07/2018 - 20:21
        +4

        Grey plastic bags are just the beginning. New things take incremental change. 10c bottles/cans refund. Next would be packaging. Then straws… Then coffee cups etc. And other things that ppl have never even considered.

        Have we forgotten that ppl used to smoke in planes? What an uproar smokers complaining about 'I NEED A SMOKE'. Then shops, then restaurants, then cafes and bars etc.

        The 15c bags makes you think twice by giving it a value. When something is free, we do waste more than we should. When something is more expensive, we become more careful.

    • wlqrichard on 05/07/2018 - 18:26
      +3

      I am happy to use reusable bag and help the environment. I just hate that the supermarkets use "environmental friendly" to make profit while they are already making money on us.

  • montorola on 05/07/2018 - 18:10
    +2

    Dare you guys to take one of these bags and shop at Woolies.

    • vr4indian on 05/07/2018 - 18:20
      +1

      Dare is take a plastic bag from fruits section , keep inside mushroom 🍄 paper bag from. Veggies section and ask checkout person to scan products..

      • imcold on 05/07/2018 - 22:17

        I grab these fruir plastic bags when I buy raw meat products from ALDI, the check out person hardly cares.

        I don't want to turn my bags into single use.

        • [Deactivated] on 05/07/2018 - 23:42
          -1

          You make a valid point.

          Single use shopping bags are zero. Fruit/vegetable bag use skyrockets which many will end up in waterways as they are useless and too small to use for rubbish bags.

          To the morons who thought a single plastic bag ban was a good idea they should be hanged.

        • schnoz bargain on 06/07/2018 - 12:01
          +2

          @HARSHREALITY: Plus, councils require garbage to bagged. No free plastic bags = more environmentally-damaging heavy plastic bags, in addition to reusable bags.

          Win win for supermarkets, lose lose for environment. Meanwhile, people happy with the free bag ban blindly accepting that it's good without actually stopping to think about it. It might be good overall, but unlikely. Has anyone actually seen any reliable research before popping the celebratory champagne?

  • jv on 05/07/2018 - 18:15
    +4

    I might go grab a few hundred then to save the environment

    • spaceflight on 05/07/2018 - 18:23
      +7

      I just filled my car boot with boxes of these. The environment is saved.

  • Broden on 05/07/2018 - 18:20
    +52

    Guys please remember to take bags with you when doing a shop. You need to use the bag 120 times before it becomes more environmentally friendly than a disposable one. I know a lot of people that just buy the $1 chiller bags every time they do a shop and probably have stacks of them at home. Not only is it uneconomical its also a huge burden to the environment. Don't wanna sound like an aging hippie harping on but its something everyone should at least make an effort to change their habits.

    • spaceflight on 05/07/2018 - 18:22
      +4

      Will one last 120 uses?

      • Broden on 05/07/2018 - 18:23
        +1

        I was referring to the canvas/cotton style ones, not the plastic reusable ones. These probably won't last as long.

        • spaceflight on 05/07/2018 - 18:25
          +1

          I thought the heavy duty plastic ones (I dont think the coles/woolies are not canvas or cotton) would be more than 120 times.

        • jv on 05/07/2018 - 18:25
          +1

          I was referring to the canvas/cotton style ones

          Growing cotton is not an efficient use of land and they use a lot of chemicals to kill off pests.

        • Broden on 05/07/2018 - 18:26

          @jv:

          You could say the same about lithium batteries. Not disagreeing btw.

        • jv on 05/07/2018 - 18:28

          @Broden:

          Well, we are hardly saving the environment by purchasing 15 cent plastic bags.

          How many kg of single use bags from Australia ended up in the ocean each year? Probably about 10kg in total for the whole country.

        • spaceflight on 05/07/2018 - 19:16
          +5

          @jv:

          Australians use four billion plastic bags annually, which means over 10 million new bags are used every day, or that we each use 200 a year.
          Approximately 30 to 50 million plastic bags eend up as litter on our beaches, streets and parks.
          http://www.keepqueenslandbeautiful.org.au/literature_98360/Fact_Sheet-_Plastic_Bags

          A HDPE bag weighs about 5.5 grams.

          That's 165 to 330 tonnes!

        • jv on 05/07/2018 - 19:18

          @spaceflight:

          Approximately 30 to 50 million plastic bags eend up as litter on our beaches, streets and parks.

          proof ?

        • serpserpserp on 05/07/2018 - 19:24
          +2

          @jv:

          Oh yeah, I have a few million in my local park right now.

        • jv on 05/07/2018 - 19:25
          -2

          @serpserpserp:

          As I said before, the real number is pobably about 10kg in total each year for the whole country.

        • spaceflight on 05/07/2018 - 19:31
          +1

          @jv:

          Link is in my comment

        • jv on 05/07/2018 - 19:33
          -1

          @spaceflight:

          Link is in my comment

          Link is, but no proof of the claim… Where the data came from, who checked it, how they came to that conclusion, disclosure of interests in the outcome etc….

        • spaceflight on 05/07/2018 - 19:36
          +1

          @jv:

          Did you not see the footnote to planet arc?

        • jv on 05/07/2018 - 19:37
          -2

          @spaceflight:

          Did you not see the footnote

          Oh, because there is a footnote, that means that it's proof… lol

          Did you read it?

        • spaceflight on 05/07/2018 - 19:38
          +2

          @jv:

          10kg is less than 2,000 plastic bags.

          Even if every Australian only used 10 bags per year then more than 2,000 will escape the waste process or be thrown as litter.

        • jv on 05/07/2018 - 19:39
          -2

          @spaceflight:

          So, no proof to back up your numbers I see…

        • jv on 05/07/2018 - 19:39
          -1

          @spaceflight:

          planet arc?

          Founded by Pat Cash… The great environmentalist of our era lol…

        • spaceflight on 05/07/2018 - 19:40
          +4

          @jv:

          Well common sense would generally prevail to see that of billions of bags used more than 2,000 will end up not being disposed of properly.

          If you want to make up a figure at least make it believable.

        • jv on 05/07/2018 - 19:41
          -1

          @spaceflight:

          Well common sense would generally prevail

          oh, that is your proof… thanks…

          Common sense tells me that 99.999% of the bags go to landfill, not the ocean…

        • spaceflight on 05/07/2018 - 19:53
          +8

          @jv:

          99.999% of the bags go to landfill, not the ocean…

          So your common sense doesn't make sense.

          That's 40,000 of the estimated 4 billion used every year or 220 kg.

          That's a long way from 10kg and still much less than the best estimates.

          Clean up Australia Day collected 16,157 plastic bags.

          You think they got about half of all bags in the environment in a few hours?

          Or more than 8 times your original 10kg…

        • Kozhutki on 06/07/2018 - 03:17
          +2

          @jv:
          proof ?

        • strikeout119 on 06/07/2018 - 05:20

          @jv: Using spaceflight's data. Four billion plastic bags annually weighting 5.5 grams each would total 22,000 tonnes. So to say the "real number" of plastic bags added to Australian oceans each year is 10kg out of 22,000,000kg (0.000045%) would probably be slightly off?

        • jv on 06/07/2018 - 08:11

          @strikeout119:

          All those bags go into landfill, not the ocean.

        • Name on 06/07/2018 - 08:32
          +1

          @spaceflight: I wonder how much those reusable bags weigh? I suspect we'll end up with 1,000 tonnes of reusable bags in our oceans and beaches..

        • rompastompa on 06/07/2018 - 20:52

          @jv: How many go to landfill, and then the wind blows them in the ocean?

          Lets put a ban on wind!

        • jv on 06/07/2018 - 21:10
          -1

          @rompastompa:

          How many go to landfill, and then the wind blows them in the ocean?

          none

        • jv on 06/07/2018 - 21:11
          -1

          @Name:

          I wonder how much those reusable bags weigh?

          Around 20-30 times more plastic than a single use bag.

        • daydream on 07/07/2018 - 01:16

          Green plastic, reusable ones need to be used over 100 times to break even…

          "How many uses should you be getting out of reusable bags? The study from Dr Verghese puts the figure at 104 — that's weekly for two years.

          So it might be worth keeping that in mind if you're tempted to buy new green bags when you forget to bring the ones you already own."

          http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-24/war-on-waste-what-bags…

        • rompastompa on 07/07/2018 - 10:50

          @jv: Oh, ok..

          How many helium balloons end up in the ocean?

        • jv on 07/07/2018 - 10:55
          -1

          @daydream:

          Green plastic, reusable ones need to be used over 100 times to break even…

          My first one that I got 2 weeks back broke on its 3rd use. The side ripped open…

          Now that I've thrown it away, how long will it take to decompose?

        • jv on 07/07/2018 - 10:56
          -1

          @rompastompa:

          How many helium balloons end up in the ocean?

          None… ha ha ha…

          Because when they land in the ocean, they no longer have any helium !!!

          Great joke. Always makes me laugh.

        • spaceflight on 07/07/2018 - 17:28
          +2

          @jv:

          proof?

        • spaceflight on 07/07/2018 - 17:29
          +2

          @jv:

          proof?

        • spaceflight on 07/07/2018 - 17:30
          +2

          @jv:

          oh jv where's your proof?

        • spaceflight on 07/07/2018 - 17:32

          @daydream:

          That's looking at it from a greenhouse gas emission perspective.

          Plastic in the oceans/environment/animals stomach is also damaging in many ways.

        • spaceflight on 07/07/2018 - 17:34

          @jv:

          So use the $0.99 ones not the $0.15 ones, I have never had one break.

          Why did you throw it away?
          You could have taken it back to the store and put it in a Redcycle bin to be recycled

        • jv on 07/07/2018 - 20:14
          -1

          @spaceflight:

          So use the $0.99 ones not the $0.15 ones,

          They cost > 1,000,000% more than the free ones…

        • spaceflight on 08/07/2018 - 23:20

          @jv:

          They cost 0% more because anything multiplied by 0 is 0.

        • jv on 08/07/2018 - 23:30

          @spaceflight:

          It’s not a multiplication

        • s3n on 01/08/2018 - 10:56
          +1

          Every one of my plastic bags ends up as a bin liner

          I don't get why I need to buy them - isn't the result the same?

        • idonotknowwhy on 01/08/2018 - 14:11

          @jv: > Where the data came from, who checked it, how they came to that conclusion, disclosure of interests in the outcome etc….

          I did all of this last year.
          I picked up all the bags on the beaches, in the parks and on the streets, counted them, and then dumped them in the ocean.

      • onlinepred on 01/08/2018 - 09:10
        +1

        I'm going on 4 years with my reusable bags, I did spend a little extra to get good ones though.

    • ihavecentsnotsense on 05/07/2018 - 18:24
      +12

      That’s why I think this whole thing is just corporate greenwashing - Coles and Woolies don’t give a sh!t about the environment.

      • spaceflight on 05/07/2018 - 19:16
        +2

        Why? Without the environment they don't have a business or customers

        • ihavecentsnotsense on 05/07/2018 - 19:36

          Don’t wanna surprise you, but the end of the environment as we know it isn’t going to be brought about by plastic bags.

        • Valowick on 05/07/2018 - 20:03
          +3

          @ihavecentsnotsense: The end of the environment as we know it is more likely to happen because of plastic and microplastics than climate change. Killing all our fish & in turn killing all other animals that eat fish (including us) with the chemicals that leech out of the plastic.

        • spaceflight on 05/07/2018 - 20:08

          @ihavecentsnotsense:

          Coles and Woolies don’t give a sh!t about the environment

          You never said angling about phasic bags originally. Just the environment.

          But Hunterex makes a valid point.

        • ihavecentsnotsense on 05/07/2018 - 20:18
          -1

          @Hunterex: lel

    • Savas on 05/07/2018 - 18:26
      +9

      I use my bags hundreds of times, but there will always be people using the new thick bags as single use ones. That is why bag bans are so stupid.

      • wlqrichard on 05/07/2018 - 18:34
        +2

        It's not stupid for Woolies and Coles as they can profit out of it.
        Woolies only give the sale of the Woolworths Bag for Good will fund to the Junior Landcare for a year. Where is the money go after that? Shame on them~

    • [Deactivated] on 05/07/2018 - 18:50

      Yeah, you just trying to stop people grabbing them before you **Broden* them all. You can't fool us again.

    • Sweetnsour on 05/07/2018 - 20:34
      +3

      Disappointed to think that so many of us can’t make a simple change to the way we shop and allowed this issue to make us so angry. There are much bigger issues out there to be concerned about, ffs just bring your own bags when you go shopping, it’s pretty simple.

      And how ppl complain about the 'other plastics' to excuse themselves. However the other plastics will be on notice after ppl get over the initial uproar.

      • [Deactivated] on 05/07/2018 - 20:48
        +1

        It's not about just bringing the bags. Aldi never had bags and people never complained, because they always had cardboard boxes. If Coles and woolies management had half a brain, they would try to emulate Aldi model.

        • Sweetnsour on 05/07/2018 - 20:50

          I can't imagine the uproar if coles/woolies need coins to get a trolley. Streets/car parks around a supermarket would be so much cleaner without abandoned trolleys.

          Oh wait, Aldi already do it :)

        • spaceflight on 05/07/2018 - 20:56

          I have never been to an Aldi that has boxes to take

        • [Deactivated] on 05/07/2018 - 20:58
          +2

          @spaceflight:
          I've never seen an Aldi without boxes to take.

        • Forfiet on 06/07/2018 - 20:52

          @homersimpson: I have never been to an Aldi that has boxes to take

        • daydream on 07/07/2018 - 01:25

          You can take any box that's lying around or near empty (just put the few remaining items of stick on the shelf). With the high stick turnover (and even with the staff tidying up) it's not hard to find a box of any size.

          In fact when the staff are tidying up it's even easier as their wheeled, containers have all the empty boxes in them. I always see people reusing the boxes from there and many of my cupboards have Aldi boxes in them being reused for storage after being used to carry groceries.

        • spaceflight on 07/07/2018 - 17:45

          @daydream:

          You can take any box that's lying around or near empty (just put the few remaining items of stick on the shelf

          So like any supermarket then

          That's very different to making boxes available to put your groceries in.

    • movieman on 05/07/2018 - 20:36
      +1

      Broden,
      Is that you, for the original 'Broden' we've come to know??

      Good to see you've had a change of heart (-;

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